Measured data on software marketplaces

Counted, not estimated. Free to quote with attribution.

Marketplaces publish a price on each listing and nothing about the market as a whole. These pages are the result of reading every listing and counting. Each one states its sample size, how it was collected, and what it does not prove.

How much does an Atlassian Marketplace app cost for a 50 user team?

n = 398 paid cloud apps with a published 50 user price. Measured 2026-09-07.

The median Atlassian Marketplace cloud app costs US$45.83 per month for a 50 user team. Half of all paid apps fall between $29.17 and $78.86 per month. Only 2 percent charge more than $200 per month, and 76 percent are free for teams of 10 or fewer. Measured across the 400 most installed paid cloud apps in September 2026.

Is the Atlassian Marketplace closed to new apps?

n = 399 paid cloud apps with a published first release date. Measured 2026-09-07.

No. Among the 400 most installed paid Atlassian cloud apps, those under two years old have gained a median of 71.0 installs per month over their lifetime, against 10.4 per month for apps eight years or older, roughly seven times faster. The youngest band is only 10 apps, so treat it as a direction rather than a forecast. Measured September 2026.

How much does a paid JetBrains IDE plugin cost?

All 634 plugins that can charge: 432 paid, 202 freemium. 528 publish an annual price. Measured 2026-09-08.

The median paid JetBrains Marketplace plugin costs US$45 per year for a commercial licence, or US$5.00 per month. A personal licence costs exactly half as much at the median. Only 634 of the marketplace's more than 10,000 plugins charge anything at all. Measured across all 634 in September 2026.

How many installs does a typical VS Code extension get?

Full catalogue: 134,793 extensions at the time of measurement. Measured 2026-09-08.

About 110. Half of the roughly 135,000 extensions on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace have fewer than 110 installs, and 13 percent have never been installed at all. Only 550 extensions, 0.4 percent, have passed a million installs. Measured across the full catalogue in September 2026.

How many WordPress plugins are abandoned?

n = 52,896 distinct plugins, from a directory the API reports as 67,719. Measured 2026-09-08.

More than half. Of 52,896 plugins read from the WordPress.org directory in September 2026, 54.8 percent had not been updated in over a year, 41.8 percent not in over three years and 35.0 percent not in over five. The median plugin was last updated 530 days ago. Reach is just as thin: the median plugin reports 20 active installs.

How many downloads does a typical Obsidian plugin get?

7,403 listed plugins, 7,361 with published download statistics. Measured 2026-09-08.

550. Half of the 7,361 Obsidian community plugins with published statistics have fewer than 550 lifetime downloads, and a quarter have fewer than 161. Only 26 plugins, 0.4 percent, have passed a million. The catalogue is unusually well maintained: only 11.7 percent have gone two years without a release. Measured September 2026.

How many Figma plugins are paid, and how many people use them?

All 843 paid plugins, plus the 1,000 most used plugins overall. Measured 2026-09-08.

843 plugins in the Figma Community carry a price, and the median one has 1,572 users. A quarter of paid plugins, 220 of 843, have fewer than 100 users, while 83 have passed 100,000. 175 of the 1,000 most used plugins in the whole community are paid. Measured September 2026.

What do apps in the Wix App Market charge?

51 categories, 384 apps swept; plan prices read for the 99 leading apps. Measured 2026-09-07.

It depends almost entirely on the category, by a factor of about 25. Measured in September 2026 across 51 categories and 384 apps, the median top tier price runs from US$118 per month in advertising and SEO and $100 in dropshipping down to $10 in search and $4 in music. Demand and price move independently: the busiest categories are not the expensive ones.

What do Shopify apps charge, and what makes the bill go up?

n = 99 Shopify App Store apps; 78 of them publish a paid price. Measured 2026-09-07.

Across 99 Shopify apps measured in September 2026, the cheapest paid plan has a median price of US$11 per month and the most expensive plan a median of US$49.45, with a maximum of $479. 93 percent offer a free plan. The bill rises with a number that grows as the store grows: shipments or tracking events in 68 of 99 apps, seats in 37, translated words in 29 and catalogue size in 21.